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His wife Razia Rahman Jolly has expressed satisfaction at the death sentence of eight defendants in the murder case of Faisal Arefin Dipon, editor of Jagriti Prakashan. Dipan’s father, Abul Qasim Fazlul Haque, told The Daily Star: “This is an expected verdict.”
The eight convicts are Moinul Hasan Shamim alias Sifat Samir, Abdus Sabur alias Abdus Samad, Khairul Islam alias Jamil Rifat, Abu Siddique Sohail alias Shakib Sajid, Mozammel Hussain alias Simon, Sheikh Abdullah alias Jubayer and the deposed Major Syed Hossain. Alias Hasib. Between them, Zia and Akram are fugitives.
On the occasion of the verdict, six defendants were brought to court from jail under strict security measures around 11:30 am on Wednesday. At that time, each of them was wearing a bulletproof jacket and a helmet.
More than a hundred police officers were deployed for security inside and outside the court. No one other than the lawyer, prosecutor and journalist in the case was allowed into the courtroom. At this time, they were all scanned and admitted to court.
According to our correspondent in the courtroom, the judges took a maximum of 10 minutes to read the verdict. The 53-page verdict was read in the presence of the accused.
Dipan’s father, Abul Qasim Fazlul Haque, did not appear in court, but his wife Razia Rahman Jolly was present. After the verdict was announced, she burst into tears on the court premises. At that moment, journalists surrounded him. However, he did not speak to reporters and left the court premises soon after.
However, our correspondent said that he was satisfied with the verdict.
After the verdict, the defendants were transferred back to jail under strict security measures.
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